Reintroducing land iguanas to Santiago island: an update
Dr Luis Ortiz-Catedral, lead scientist on the Galapagos Land Iguana Project, explains the success of reintroducing land iguanas onto Santiago.
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Blog: Galapagos Land Iguana Project
Galapagos land iguanas are currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This status has not been reviewed since 1996 but they have faced increasing pressures from invasive species and an ageing population with low reproduction success. We’re working with to understand the decline of these reptiles and protect them from extinction
Welcome to the hybrid zone
Since the early 1980s a number of unusual-looking iguanas has been noticed on South Plaza island, an apparent cross between land and marine iguanas. But why are there hybrids of these species?
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Project update: Land iguanas
There were momentous steps forward in land iguana conservation during 2019 as 2,150 land iguanas were released onto Santiago island by GCT’s project partners.
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